Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter,
Executive Director,
Help Rescue Our Children
845.642.1679
Direct: 771.215.8892
Israeli Helpline: 03.721.3337
torahjewsfordecency@gmail.com
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Presentations on New-Age dangers: 605-313-6831 ext. 2
Heard weekly on New Jersey's WSNR Radio 620AM, co-hosting the renowned Levin At Eleven program, every Thursday evening, 11pm to midnight (ET).
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PS: Addendum: How Assisted Suicide Legislation Constitutes an Antireligious Edict
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See the excerpt below, from the NY Assisted Suicide bill A136, section 2899-m, page 10, lines 29-34 regarding העברה על הדת. It requires the health care provider to transfer patient medical records needed to kill the patient. Thus, this legislation is in fact an antireligious edict, העברה על הדת, the likes of which Our Holy Sages apply the timeless declaration of
חנניא מישאל ועזריה:
"את וכלבא שוין"
See Rashi on Doniel 3:16.
Attempts to force Jews to violate the Torah have historically evoked epic mesiras nefesh mamash, as in the times of Chanukah.
Note: This particular provision was not modified in Gov. Hochul's Chapter Amendments.
See below, bolded section, especially the italicized part (all emphasis absent in original). So much for the mantras about "Choice."
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25 § 2899-m. Permissible refusals and prohibitions. 1. (a) A physician,
26 nurse, pharmacist, other health care provider or other person shall not
27 be under any duty, by law or contract, to participate in the provision
28 of medication to a patient under this article.
29 (b) If a health care provider is unable or unwilling to participate in
30 the provision of medication to a patient under this article and the
31 patient transfers care to a new health care provider, the prior health
32 care provider shall transfer or arrange for the transfer, upon request,
33 of a copy of the patient's relevant medical records to the new health
34 care provider.
35 2. (a) A private health care facility may prohibit the prescribing,
36 dispensing, ordering or self-administering of medication under this
37 article while the patient is being treated in or while the patient is
38 residing in the health care facility if:
39 (i) the prescribing, dispensing, ordering or self-administering is
40 contrary to a formally adopted policy of the facility that is expressly
41 based on sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions central
42 to the facility's operating principles; and
43 (ii) the facility has informed the patient of such policy prior to
44 admission or as soon as reasonably possible.
45 (b) Where a facility has adopted a prohibition under this subdivision,
46 if a patient who wishes to use medication under this article requests,
47 the patient shall be transferred promptly to another health care facili-
48 ty that is reasonably accessible under the circumstances and willing to
49 permit the prescribing, dispensing, ordering and self-administering of
50 medication under this article with respect to the patient.
51 (c) Where a health care facility has adopted a prohibition under this
52 subdivision, any health care provider or employee or independent
53 contractor of the facility who violates the prohibition may be subject
54 to sanctions otherwise available to the facility, provided the facility
55 has previously notified the health care provider, employee or independ-
56 ent contractor of the prohibition in writing.
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Assorted Sample Links re Assisted Suicide legislation:
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Broad Rabbinic Statement against A/S:
Recent Developments in NYS:
For background Information:
Statement by the Orthodox Union:
Stop Assisted Suicide S138 in NY Senate, ASAP"
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Sample radio broadcasts following the ongoing crisis in NY:
פרשת ויחי, תשפו:
פרשת וארא:
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By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt:
Open Letter to Gov. Hochul by Rabbi Brody & Rabbi Aaron Glatt, MD
Open Letter to State Senators:
Editorial by Dr. Aaron Glatt:
Similar post:
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More Background Information:
"The Road to Assisted-Suicide is Paved with Amendment Protections."
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Governor Hochul’s Amendments make this lethal legislation more passable by making it ostensibly "safer." Those Amendments just passed the Senate Rules Committee last week (January 12) - making it possible for the full Senate to vote on the bill, S8835, any day now.
The Amendment bill in the Assembly, A9195, has been sitting in the Assembly Health Committee, and is not scheduled for a vote this week. However, it is possible that could change. If it doesn’t change, it is likely that they will vote on it in the Assembly Health Committee - and in the full Assembly - next week, Parshas BeShalach.
The Governor pledged that IF S8835 and A9515 pass, she will sign Assisted-Suicide into Law. IF either S8835 or A9515 do not pass, it's extremely unlikely that she will sign it into Law.
Thus, THE only realistic way to stop Assisted Suicide now is to stop A9515 and S8835 from passing.
It's crucial to realize that even with Governor Hochul’s proposed changes in A9515 and S8835, this legislation would not only “legitimize” assisted suicide - as terrible as that is from the Torah perspective - it would also enable the outright homicide of vulnerable individuals who do not wish to die.
The legislators supporting this need to realize that this legislation undermines personal autonomy in the very name of advancing it.
This is due to the remaining loopholes, and due to the absence of a non-severability clause - which would disable the entire bill if any part is declared void -
In a bill without a non-severability clause, even meaningful protections are ultimately worthless, because they can be easily eliminated over time by an activist court - leaving the bill's killing machinery operating at full speed, without those protections.
Thus, these protections in the Amendments ultimately serve to "Aid in Killing," by enabling initial passage of Assisted Suicide. They do not at all protect the vulnerable - in the long term - because the protections/amendments will likely be removed from the bill, over time. This is being done in other places that have passed such bills, due to the absence of a non-severability clause, as explained above, or by subsequent legislation, with little fanfare.
Accordingly, "the Road to Assisted-Suicide is Paved with Amendment Protections."
